Improvement in umbrellas



@sind GtjiiiiwQ MAGGIE c LYDE, or BRADY rosr o EEIoE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 96,777, dated November 16, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT'IN UMBRELLAS.

\ The Schedule referred to inthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Miss MAGGIE GLYDE, of Brady Post Oice, in the county 'of Indiana, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Umbrellas and Parasols; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, .and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art `to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings,'forming part ot' this specification. f

rlhis invention relates to new and useful improvements in umbrellas and parasols, and consists in the construction and arrangement of certain parts, hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying plate of drawing Figure 1 represents a vertical sect-ion of an umbrella, constructed according to my invention.

Figure 2 is a section of the staff, showing the method of forming the joint, for holding it at a right angle.

Figure 3 represents a section of the staff, showing 'the thimble and lower ends of the top stays.

Y Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The lower edge ofthe cover is turned up, so as to form a gutter entirely round the bmbrella, with one spout for the discharge ofthe water, so that the water may be discharged from the umbrella whenever it will inteifere least with the comfort of the carrier.

A 'is the cover, B ist-he gutter, and

C is the spout.

D represents the sta` of the umbrella, which is made, as seen in the drawing, in three sections, E .being the upper one, F the middle, and G the lower one, or theihandle proper.

H is the thimble, to which the stays I are attached.

The. parts of the stan" are connected by pivots, (or jointed together,) and the latches J J are so arranged, in connection with springs, that they hold the statt straight, like that of the common umbrella, or hold it so as to form two right angles, m m', as seen in iig. 1.

K K represent plates, which are fast in one section, through which the pivots pass which form the joints.

The pivot-ends of these plates form catches, l, for the hooksat n to catch into when the staff -is held straight, and also lips, 1)', for the hooks n n to bear against when the staff forms the angles lm, seen in fitr. 1.

o o represent springs, which are fastened 1n the stati', .as seen at p, which bear against the inner sides and ends of the latches J J with a constant pressure.

It will be seen that the latches J J bow out at q q, so that they may receir'e pressure from the thumb to release' the hooks from the lips and catches of the plate K. Until this pressure is given, the staii' will In the lower end of the thimbleH, four (more or less) notches are made, for. fitting the. spring fr, which holds up the top, soy that the spout G may be turned to discharge the water in any position.

Thesta is made to turn freely, where it passes through the top thimble'S,v

I am aware that umbrellacovers have heretofore been arranged'to turn upon their handles, and I am also aware that umbrella-covers have been provided with gutters and spouts; but I do not claim these features, broadly.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim4 as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An umbrella or parasol, whose handle is provided with joints m m, locked, opened or closed, by the latches J J, plates K, and springs O, said parts being arranged and operating substantially as herein described, i'or the purpose set forth'. l

2. The runner H, provided with notches in its lower end, for holding the top or roof of the umbrella in any desired fixed position, as set forth.

MISS MAGGIE GLYDE.

Witnesses J oHN ONDE, B. F. LAUGHLIN. 

